That seems like a lot! My DS was in 1st last year. It was a self-contained gifted classroom. She had spelling (write 3 times each, use in a sentence....) and math (2 workbook pages) every night and was supposed to read for 30 minutes. I thought that was too much. We struggled every afternoon.
Her 2nd grade teacher takes the approach that the kids work really hard in school and the only stuff that comes home is work that wasn't finished during the school day. It has been amazing. DS is so much happier and she is doing quality work, not just busy work for the sake of having homework.
